Six-month foreign direct investment surges
Foreign investments this year expected to exceed 2010 figure
KUALA LUMPUR: Foreign direct investments (FDIs) surged to RM21.3bil in the first six months of the year compared with RM12.1bil a year earlier.
FDI stood at RM29.3bil for the whole of 2010 and RM5bil in the preceding year.
“Based on the latest development, I am confident that the total FDI inflow for 2011 will exceed the amount achieved last year,” International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said in a statement yesterday.
He said the higher FDI inflow in the first half of 2011 reflected the growing investor confidence following the Government's initiatives to stimulate economic growth. The introduction of several initiatives such as the Government Transformation Programme and the Economic Transformation Programme has helped improve the overall business environment.
“The strong recovery in FDI inflows will ensure realisation of the projected RM83bil in private investment this year,” Mustapa said.
Meanwhile, a total of 514 manufacturing projects with investments worth RM31.7bil were approved from January to July this year. Of the amount, RM15.9bil (50.2%) were domestic investments and RM15.8bil (49.8%) foreign investments.
In 2010, a total of 910 projects were approved with investments worth RM47.2bil.
In July this year, a total of 61 manufacturing projects with investments worth RM4.3bil were approved. Of the total investments, RM2.4bil (55.8%) were domestic investments and RM1.9bil (44.2%) were foreign investments.
The approved foreign investments are primarily in the electrical and electronics industry, accounting for RM7.2bil; metal-based products (RM2.4bil); food processing (RM1.8bil); chemical and chemical products (RM1bil); transportation related equipment (RM902.4mil); petroleum products, including petrochemical (RM520.8mil) and fabricated metal products (RM520.7mil).
According to the ministry, the main investing countries are Japan (RM2.4bil), the United States (RM2.3bil), Singapore (RM1.9bil), the Netherlands (RM1.2bil) and Taiwan (RM1.2bil).
KUALA LUMPUR: Foreign direct investments (FDIs) surged to RM21.3bil in the first six months of the year compared with RM12.1bil a year earlier.
FDI stood at RM29.3bil for the whole of 2010 and RM5bil in the preceding year.
He said the higher FDI inflow in the first half of 2011 reflected the growing investor confidence following the Government's initiatives to stimulate economic growth. The introduction of several initiatives such as the Government Transformation Programme and the Economic Transformation Programme has helped improve the overall business environment.
“The strong recovery in FDI inflows will ensure realisation of the projected RM83bil in private investment this year,” Mustapa said.
Meanwhile, a total of 514 manufacturing projects with investments worth RM31.7bil were approved from January to July this year. Of the amount, RM15.9bil (50.2%) were domestic investments and RM15.8bil (49.8%) foreign investments.
In 2010, a total of 910 projects were approved with investments worth RM47.2bil.
In July this year, a total of 61 manufacturing projects with investments worth RM4.3bil were approved. Of the total investments, RM2.4bil (55.8%) were domestic investments and RM1.9bil (44.2%) were foreign investments.
The approved foreign investments are primarily in the electrical and electronics industry, accounting for RM7.2bil; metal-based products (RM2.4bil); food processing (RM1.8bil); chemical and chemical products (RM1bil); transportation related equipment (RM902.4mil); petroleum products, including petrochemical (RM520.8mil) and fabricated metal products (RM520.7mil).
According to the ministry, the main investing countries are Japan (RM2.4bil), the United States (RM2.3bil), Singapore (RM1.9bil), the Netherlands (RM1.2bil) and Taiwan (RM1.2bil).
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